Assemblage Expression

» Apparatus Theory:
• Ulmer

• ghink (pdf)

 
 
R 08-Apr          No Class     (away at conference — reporting “assemblage expression” developments)
 

 » Groups 4 & 1:      Prep. for presentations; blog discussion, over weekend. — Assignments

 
F 09-Apr         No Class     (away at conference — linking aesthetics & ethics)
 

» re-view elec. lit. by Coverley & Morrisey for Inventory — discuss online? (particpt. credit)
 
— suggested Relay reading for Inventory (scheduled for next Fri.):
• Mark Amerika, FILMTEXT 2.0
• Jim Andrews, Nio (2001)
• plus Logorama !

 
 
Sat 10-Apr        Due: Inventory Update

[ 6 new items, including media selection from personal database. ]

 
Sun 11-Apr         Due: Exercise 5 (“Automatic Emblems” & “Default Moods”) — Prompt
 

Due: 11-Apr (posted by 11pm); 500 words min.; 10 points
 
— Review Assignment criteria.

 
Part I: Exercise: “Automatic Emblems” (p.253)

~150 words (about 1/3 of total); image (1 minimum);
optional: edited/manipulated/composite (i.e. “photoshopped”) image
— counts as 100 words toward total!
 
Test the productive effect of the gap by composing a readymade word-thing of your own. Your selections should be made arbitrarily, but use something from one of your mystory discourses. Choose a material object from Family, Entertainment, or History, and assign to it a title of an important text in your Career discourse. Document the object with photograph & detailed descriptions of its features.

Part II: “Exercise: “Default Moods” (pp.290-1) — 300-350 words (min.)

Document or put into a narrative what you notice about the relationship between the behaviors you perform within a particular institution, your state of mind in this performance, and the official or stated purposes or objectives of that institution.
 
Notes: discussion can not repeat points from Exercise 4; choose one specific example to describe (follow prompt).
 

 » Groups 4 & 1: 

In brief comments over weekend, group members should
1. divide material (i.e. post what you would like/will cover)
2. specify points and rationale
3. collaborate in preparation: review, revise, refine specific points (i.e. discuss whether relevant, practical, sufficiently specific, etc)
4. discuss questions (answering = optional; Qs to pose during presentation are good preparation, too); can be conceptual and technical: “should we…?” and “how do we…?” varieties work best.

 
 
M 12-Apr — Group 4 presentation / review

• Amorelli Antonio*

• Amanda Kennedy
• Jenna Mescon
• Jenny Garcia
• Mary Williams

 

• Cover:
  Internet Invention Ch. 9 (tip: review Office & Noon Star); plus Assignment: “Wide Emblem”;
  Relay: Synecdoche, NY; and Chp. 11 Conclusion

W 14-Apr — Group 1 presentation / review

• Emilee Amihere*

• Carrie Holmes
• Julia Jacobo
• Maria Perez